I began my path of healing and self-realization in 2009, when I took my first Bikram Yoga class and was reborn!  Since then, I have lost over 25 pounds and healed dis-ease in my body such as Depression, Anxiety, Eating Disorder, Addiction, Asthma, Allergies, Scoliosis, & Menstrual Cycle Imbalances. 

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I am a 500+ Hour Certified Bikram Yoga Instructor, having attended Bikram Yoga teacher training in the Fall of 2010.  After graduating, I taught 5 classes per week at my home studio in Naples, FL, and up to 12 classes per week while traveling to studios in LA, San Francisco, Cleveland, Asheville, Cape Cod, & New Jersey. 

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Desiring a deeper connection to the Earth, I moved to the Big Island in 2015 and dedicated many years to learning about permaculture and sustainability.  On June 1, 2020, I moved to Kalapana-Seaview with my two daughters & began creating a community center called Sanctuary of the Blue Dragon.  Two years later, I journeyed down to Peru, where I reconnected with my personal practice and received the vision of transforming the Blue Dragon into a healing retreat center.   Upon returning home, I immediately began drawing up designs for a hot yoga room and began building cabins that could accommodate guests.  

As the closest hot room was an hour away, I began commuting to Hot Yoga Hilo twice a week to maintain my practice.  Within a few weeks, I tried my first e84 Intermediate class and as soon as class was over, I knew I had to do the training.  By the end of January, 2023, I had committed to attending the next e84 Training and I began an intensive practice to prepare.  Meanwhile, back in Seaview, the Blue Dragon began transforming from an open-air community space to a hot yoga room.  On March 8, 2023, the Blue Dragon officially became a 508c(1)a church-nonprofit dedicated to offering a safe, supportive space for people to connect to self, Mother Earth, & Source. 

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In May 2023, I journeyed to Portugal to attend the 200 hour e84 Intermediate Yoga Teacher Training with Esak Garcia.  During my month-long training there, I learned the e84 Intermediate series and 84 Asana Advanced Bikram Yoga series.  I returned home from the training to continue transforming the Blue Dragon into the Hot Yoga School that it is today.  In October 2023, we held a Studio Blessing Ceremony led by our Indigenous Hawaiian elder, Uncle Kalikolehua Kanaele, and I began offering daily yoga classes to the community.  I am currently working towards earning my 500 hour diploma with the e84 Yoga Teacher Training, which is an intensive 2 year program.  I am very passionate about bringing the e84 Intermediate and the 84 Asana Advanced classes to my Hot Yoga Community, as I feel these classes are the key to spiritual evolution and self-mastery.  In my free time, I enjoy singing, spending time with my children, meditating, gardening, swimming in the ocean, ecstatic dancing, and traveling the world!